Flock covered glare shield



Dec. 20, .1938. I RC, JACOBS' I j 2,140,959

FLOCK COVERED GLARE SHIELD Filed March '29, 1957 Patented Dec. 20, 1938 y UNITED ,STATES 2,140,959 FIIOCK COVERED GLARE SHIELD Y Rex C. Jacobs, Detroit, Mich.

Application March 29,

6 Claims.

This invention relates to glare shields and has for its object to provide an improved construction and method of construction for the shield itself.A v

Heretofore, it has been preferred to provide a rigid metallic framework having one side thereof as a shield hinge memberY and to completely cover this framework with cloth. The operations involved in making the integral framework by using a combination of rod and tubular members, plus the number of operations involved in forming a neatly fitting cloth covering for the framework, and the cost of these materials, is both tedious and expensive to manufacture. It is the principal object of this invention to teach the method of making a suitable glare shield, scarcely distinguishable from a cloth covered glare shield of the type above referred to, by using a fibrous sheet and a metal hinge member covered by blown ock.

With the above and other ends in view, the invention consists inl matters hereinafter more particularly set forth with reference to the ac companying drawing, in which Figure l is an elevation of the shield, partly broken away and in section;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2.--2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is an elevation, partly shown in section, illustrating a binding for the glare shield;

Figs. 4 and 5 are sections taken respectively on the lines 4-4 and 5--5 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 6 is an elevation illustrating a step in the method of' forming the present glare shield.

Like characters of reference are employed throughout to designate corresponding parts.

The numeral I designates a sheet formed preferably of brous material, embodying a certain amount of resiliency, yet suiciently stiff to stand up under the conditions of its use. Secured to one edge of the sheet I is a hinge member comprising a tubular bearing portion 2 with Wings 3 integral therewith, the tubular portion being held closed by welding the parts 4 together. By bending the metal outwardlyvfrom the welded parts 4 shoulders 5 are provided between the wings 3.

Ordinarily the wings 3 spread apart so that the sheet I may be conveniently placed therebetween, as shown in Fig. 6. When the sheet I is placed between the wings 3 so that its edge engages the shoulders 5, the wings are pressed together so as to imbed them in the sheet I, and prongs 6, are formed integral therewith and are imbedded in the sheet I.

It will be noted in Fig. 2, wherein the parts are 1937, Serial No. 133,607

shown on an enlarged scale, that the angles nec-V essary for the hinge formation are all exteriorly rounded land formed quite s-mooth, the wings 3, in being imbedded in the sheet v I, have their exl terior surfaces in plane with theexterior surfaces of the sheet I, and the exposed edges of the sheet I are rounded as designated at l. These characteristics are important in a ilock covered glare shield, both from the standpoint of diiiiculty found in placing ilock on angles and the 'difficulty in keeping it on when once placed, and

alsor in order to give the shield and hinge bracket an appearance yhaving the characteristics of' a cloth covering. v

When the shield and hinge bracket have been assembled as above described, a plug 'I is placed in one end of the bearing portion 2, the entire surfaces of the sheet I and hinge member are sprayed with an adhesive, and while the adhesive is slightly moist or tacky nely divided ilock is blown thereon. When dry this gives iinish closely resembling cloth.

As shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, a trim border 8, formed of such material as leather, may be stitched around the three exposed sides of the sheet Ia. Such a trim protects the edges of the sheet as well as providing an ornamental appearance. It eliminates any possibility of the flock covering wearing oi the edgesand thus exposing the fibrous sheet. It is especially desirable when the fibrous material of the sheet is such as laminated paper fibre, in which case the tendency for the laminations to separate at the edges of the sheet is entirely eliminated. The trim reinforces the sheet to such an extent that an inexpensive type of fibrous material may be used. The ends of the trim border 8 are secured to the sheet Ia by pronged metal clips 9.

Although a specic embodiment of the vinvention has been illustrated and described it will be understood that various changes may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention, and such changes are contemplated.

What I claim is:-

1. A glare shield comprising a sheet of fibrous `material, a hinge member having a tubular bearing portion and a pair of Wings between which an edge of said sheet is inserted, said wings being imbedded in said sheet whereby their outer surfaces are in plane with the outer surfaces of said sheet, a plug in one end of said tubular bearing portion, and a coating of finely divided flock on all exposed surfaces of said sheet, said hinge member and plug.

2. A glare shield comprising a sheet of brous material, a hinge member having a tubular bearing portion and a pair of wings between which an edge of said sheet is inserted, said wings being imbedded in said sheet whereby their outer surfaces are in plane with the outer surfaces of said sheet, prongs on said wings and imbedded in said sheet, and a coating of finely divided flock on said sheet and said hinge member.

3. A glare shield comprising a sheet of fibrous material, a hinge member having a tubular bearing portion and a pair of wings between which an edge of said sheet is inserted, said wings being imbedded in said sheet whereby their outer surfaces are in plane with the outer surfaces of' said sheet, a coating of nely divided flock on said sheet and said hinge member, and a reinforcing ornamental binding around the exposed edges of said sheet.

4. The method of making a glare shield which consists in cutting a sheet of fibrous material to size, in forming a hinge member with a bearing portion and a pair of spaced wings, inserting the edge of said sheet between said wings and pressing them together to imbed them in the sheet,

forming prongs on said wings and imbedding said prongs in said sheet during pressing of said wings together, coating the sheet and hinge member with adhesive, and blowing nely divided flock thereon.

5. The method of making a glare shield which consists in cutting a sheet of brous material to size, in forming a hinge member with a bearing portion and a pair of spaced wings, inserting the edge of said sheet between said wings and pressing them together to imbed them in the sheet, coating the sheet and hinge member with adhesive, blowing finely divided flock thereon, and securing an ornamental binder to the edge of said sheet after said adhesive has dried.

6. A glare Vshield comprising a sheet of brous material, a hinge member having a tubular bearing portion and a pair of spaced ange members between which a border portion of the sheet is inserted, means closing one end of said tubular bearingV portion, and a coating of nely divided flock on all exposed surfaces of said sheet, hinge member and said means.

REX C. JACOBS. 

